Three people have been sentenced to prison in a brutal New Year’s Eve assault that left a man blind in one eye.
Franklin Robinson, 29; his girlfriend, 25-year-old Tashemia Beal; and their friend, 20-year-old Arnise Wilson, were sentenced Wednesday in D.C. Superior Court.
Their victim was Beal’s former boyfriend and the father of her two daughters. Prosecutors said Beal and her ex-boyfriend fought earlier in the day, but the dispute turned violent when she called him at about 7:30 p.m. and told him she was outside his home on Astor Place SE, prosecutors said.
The man went outside, and was hit in the head with a brick by Robinson’s brother, David. Wilson struck him in the legs with a pole, and he fell to the ground. Franklin Robinson then jumped on the man. According to prosecutors, Franklin Robinson kicked, punched and stomped on the man’s face and body. David Robinson punched the man in the ribs and Wilson struck him in the face and body with a metal pole. Beal stood with the group and continued yelling at the victim.
Franklin Robinson on Wednesday was ordered to serve six years and Beal and Wilson were each sentenced to two-and-a-half years.
